Debussy, music and the arts
A new exhibit will open on February 22 at Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, centered around Debussy, whose 150th birthday will be celebrated throughout 2012. The exhibit is “a mix of works Debussy admired and those he could have seen”, according to the team behind this all, Xavier Rey of the Musée d’Orsay, Guy Cogeval, the director of the Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie (formerly head of the Montreal Fine Arts Museum) and musicologist Jean-Michel Nectoux. Pieces once owned by his brothers-in-law—the painter Henry Lerolle, the composer Ernest Chausson and Arthur Fontaine — are mostly featured. If you plan a trip abroad, you won’t want to miss it. Concerts and conferences will also be presented until June 11.